Text message integration with a computer-implemented collaboration platform
The present disclosure describes integrating SMS/MMS messaging with an electronic communications collaboration platform, and filtering SMS/MMS messages within a collaboration platform environment. One method includes associating a phone number with a particular project within a collaboration platform to form a project phone number, receiving a message at the project phone number, based on receiving the message at the project phone number, adding the content of the message to an activity feed of the particular project, and sending the message content added to the activity feed to one or more phone numbers from the project phone number. A project phone number can be associated with a plurality of projects, and the phone number from which a message is received at the project plurality phone number is compared to project data of the plurality of projects to route the message content to an activity feed of a project of the plurality of projects.
1. A computer system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the computer system to integrate text messaging in a computer-implemented collaboration platform, including instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
associate a first phone number with a particular project that is hosted within a computer-hosted collaboration platform, to form a project phone number that is usable to post to the project using SMS or MMS from mobile telephone devices;
receive, by the computer-hosted collaboration platform, an SMS or MMS message from a second phone number of a mobile telephone device, and that is directed at the project phone number; and
based on receiving the SMS or MMS message that is directed at the project phone number, add content of the SMS or MMS message to an activity feed of the particular project, including adding a post having SMS or MMS content received from the mobile telephone device to the activity feed, and in which the activity feed also includes one or more types of posts having other than SMS or MMS content.
2. The computer system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that thatare executable to configure the computer system to add multimedia content of an MMS message to the activity feed of the particular project.
3. The computer system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that thatare executable to configure the computer system to send the message content added to the activity feed of the particular project to one or more phone numbers.
4. The computer system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the message content is sent to the one or more phone numbers from the project phone number.
5. The computer system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the one or more phone numbers associated with the particular project include one or more project follower phone numbers associated with the particular project so as to receive message content added to the activity feed of the particular project.
6. A computer system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the computer system to integrate text messaging in a computer-implemented collaboration platform, including instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
associate a first phone number with a plurality of projects within a collaboration platform to form a project plurality phone number that is usable to post to the plurality of projects using SMS or MMS from mobile telephone devices;
receive an SMS or MMS message at the project plurality phone number, the SMS or MMS message being received from a second phone number of a mobile telephone device;
compare the second phone number from which the SMS or MMS message was received to project data associated with the plurality of projects;
based on comparing the second phone number from which the SMS or MMS message was received to the project data, perform at least the following:
identify that the SMS or MMS message is associated with a particular project of the plurality of projects; and
based on identifying that the SMS or MMS message is associated with the particular project of the plurality of projects, route the SMS or MMS message to an activity feed of the particular project of the plurality of projects.
7. The computer system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to send the message content to one or more phone numbers as an SMS message or an MMS message.
8. The computer system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to add multimedia content of an MMS message to the activity feed of the particular project.
9. The computer system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to send the message content to one or more phone numbers as a plurality of messages, each to a different phone number.
10. The computer system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to insert an identifier of a message sender in the message.
11. The computer system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to add message content to the activity feed based on receiving the message at the project plurality phone number.
12. The computer system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to send the message content to one or more phone numbers from the project plurality phone number.
13. The computer system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the one or more phone numbers includes one or more project follower phone numbers associated with the particular project so as to receive message content added to the activity feed of the particular project.
14. A computer system, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the computer system to integrate text messaging in a computer-implemented collaboration platform, including instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
associate a first phone number with a plurality of projects within a collaboration platform to form a project plurality phone number that is usable to post to the plurality of projects using SMS or MMS from mobile telephone devices;
receive an SMS or MMS message at the project plurality phone number, the SMS or MMS message being received from a second phone number of a mobile telephone device;
compare the second phone number from which the SMS or MMS message was received to project data associated with the plurality of projects; and
based on comparing the second phone number from which the SMS or MMS message was received to the project data, route the SMS or MMS message to an activity feed of a project of the plurality of projects, or route the SMS or MMS message to a mailroom as a message currently unassociated with a project of the plurality of projects.
15. The computer system as recited in claim 14 , wherein the mailroom includes a mailroom feed configured to allow the message to be manually associated with one or more projects of the plurality of projects.
16. The computer system as recited in claim 14 , wherein the mailroom includes a mailroom feed configured to allow the message to be responded to.
17. The computer system as recited in claim 14 , wherein the computer-executable instructions also include instructions that are executable to configure the computer system to add a posting in the mailroom feed, and send the content of the posting as a reply message to the phone number from which the message was received.